Fireworks Structures

People:

Michael Heylbrouck (etcher)

Title:

Fireworks Structures

Date:

printed between 1717 and 1719

Description:

- To manifest the consolidation of his power over the Low Countries, the Emperor Charles VI of Austria staged triumphal entries for his representative into Brussels and Ghent in 1717. During six days of ceremonies and festivities, the main market place was transformed several times. This print (DR1982:0242) depicts the four pyramids decked with lanterns and ornaments that replaced the Baroque "theatre" that had been used for the ceremonies that day (DR1982:0245).

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Technique and media:

Etching with burin work

Dimensions:

plate mark: 51.9 x 70.0 cm sheet: 56.0 x 74.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1982:0242

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
pictorial drawing

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Fourth of six large folding plates detached from a book, this one printed on two sheets joined vertically.

Inscription:

imprinted - by the etcher, in the plate below the image, l.l.: "imprimé a Gand' Chez A. Graet"; and b.: "Cés quatres Piramides ont été dressés au marché au vendredij [sic]" signed - by the etcher, in the plate on the image, l.r.: "Michiel Heylbrouck Sculpsit"

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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